I was going to comment on this error as well. Terry is wrong that Sucrose is a mono-saccharide. It is a di-saccharide, check any organic chemistry text.
The problem with sugar is that it is joined by an inverted bond that is difficult to break. When the primary enzyme system that breaks this bond is saturated, the alternative pathway the excess sucrose goes into produces toxins that are damaging to all body tissues. This has been known since the 70's. Where did you get your information Terry? Garnet On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 09:13, Marshall Dudley wrote: > Sucrose is glucose plus fructose. Sucrose is the disaccharide, and frutose > and glucose are the mono-saccharides. I am not sure where you are getting > that information, but it is wrong. > > See > http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Carbohydrates.html > for a very good reference on this. > > Marshall > > Terry Chamberlin wrote: > > > > When sucrose is digested, it breaks down to glucose > > > and fructose. > > > > No, sucrose is not reduced to fructose. Just the > > reverse. Sucrose and glucose are what are called > > mono-saccharides, i.e., simple sugars. Fructose is > > sometimes called a duo-saccharide, slightly more > > complex. In the medical world, they just jump right > > from duo-saccharides to poly-saccharides, i.e., > > complex sugars. Whole grains are complex sugars, i.e., > > complex carbohydrates. The sugars in meat are > > considered complex. Simple sugars assimilate and are > > metabolized very quickly, giving a rush of energy. > > Complex sugars metabolize more slowly, giving a > > gradual energy release. That's why the standard > > medical diet for hypoglycemia is a high-protein diet. > > Today's whole grains have what is called a high > > glycemic index, which simply means that they turn into > > simple sugars more quickly than the whole grains of > > 100 years ago. > > > > In the last few years, more attention has been paid to > > the varying complexities of the sugars found between > > fructose and "complex" sugars. Products like Mannitol > > focus on this idea. > > > > Terry Chamberlin > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> >
